The Middle Arkansas Watershed Planning Region includes eight basins (numbered 49 and 73-79 for reference). The region is primarily in the Central Lowland physiography province and encompasses 5,173 square miles in northeastern Oklahoma, spanning...

The annual summaries provide a yearly overview of Oklahoma climate and weather. Annual data summary tables have been made available, along with state-wide graphics, statistics, storm reports, and a summarization of events. These yearly publications...

Community water conservation programs can prevent or delay the costly construction of new or upgraded water/wastewater treatment plants. Water conservation can also have environmental benefits, such as a reduction in wastewater discharged into...

The purpose of this TMDL report is to establish pollutant load allocations for indicator bacteria in impaired waterbodies, which is the first step toward restoring water quality and protecting public health.; This report documents the data and...

Many landowners wish to understand the role of food plots in wildlife man­agement. Therefore, we created this guide to provide basic ecology for select game species, as well as science-based and realistic information on how food plots may relate.;...

The Eufaula Watershed Planning Region includes one basin (Basin 48). The region includes portions of the Central Lowland and Ouachita physiography provinces, encompassing 3,223 square miles in east-central Oklahoma, covering portions of Okmulgee,...

The OCES continues to strive to disseminate the research information generated by OAES to the public
through field days, workshops, tours, and demonstrations. This has been and will continue to be a
major focus of our efforts at the Oklahoma...

March might have entered like a lamb, but it exited like July, smashing temperature records in the process. The March statewide average temperature, as measured by the 120-station Oklahoma Mesonet, was more than 9 degrees above normal at 59.4...

This report is being prepared as an annual report for OWRRI grant #2010OK181B.; Sediment transport has a profound impact on streams, rivers, lakes, and impoundments. It affects the morphology of streams and rivers, the life span of lakes and...

Providing a safe and sustainable water supply to the growing Oklahoma population while also providing for economic growth and maintaining natural ecosystems is the most serious challenge facing Oklahoma policy makers in the coming decades....

An effective cotton integrated pest management (IPM) program includes all aspects of production. This report contains summarized data from various applied research trials and demonstrations that address many different cotton production components....

As you read the vignettes in the report, I believe that you will these attributes expressed in the activities of the agency. You will read about how our neighbors from across the state come together in our Boards and Councils to improve the...

The 2007 Supplemental Field Investigation Work Plan (EMC2, 2007a) was prepared to outline procedures for performing additional characterization at the Collinsville Zinc Smelter Site (CZS) located near Collinsville, Oklahoma. That Work Plan included...

Adopted by the Intermodal Policy Committee and endorsed by the Board of Directors of the Association of Central Oklahoma Governments on April 28, 2011; Approved in April 2011, Encompass 2035 is the comprehensive, long-range transportation plan for...

This report, consistent with the authority of the Oklahoma Water Resources Board as stated in Title 82 Oklahoma Statutes Section 1085.2,
is concerned with urban and domestic water conservation. It is intended to provide public water suppliers, both...

This manual is a safety guide for the dam owner. The continuing need for dam safety is critical because of the thousands of dams now in place and the many new ones being built each year. Although these dams are essential elements of the national...

A bi-annual guide to help landowners gain in-depth information from experienced biologists in all corners of the state.; Managing aquatic vegetation in ponds by Chris Whisenhunt; From egg to adult: frogs and toads across Oklahoma by Curtis Tackett;...

A slide back to true wintry weather, the likes of which had not been seen across Oklahoma since early February 2011, was nt enough to prevent the inevitable. Although the official numbers will not be released by the National Climatic Data Center...

The USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service program for wheat includes a number of estimates that are made on a schedule spanning the entire crop year. The inclusion of any state in the national program is dependent on that state's portion...

This report documents the data and assessment used to establish TMDLs for the pathogen indicator bacteria [fecal coliform and Enterococci] and turbidity for selected waterbodies in the Lower North Canadian River basin just above Lake Eufaula. (All...

Tornado Strikes at Mesonet Sites The Oklahoma Mesonet has recorded several interesting measurements over the years. Our sensors have taken some damage from bad weather, but never in Mesonet history has a site been taken down or severely damaged due...